’Celestial Tier Top...’

Chu Mu was slightly taken aback. For him, under the effects of the Spiritual Radiance Blessing, this rating was to be expected.

But for his actual self, it was undoubtedly far beyond his abilities.

As he pondered, the gray-white stone wall before him changed once more.

The stone wall, originally inscribed with two lines of text, visibly distorted. In the end, the entire wall transformed into a stone Scroll.

The moment the four ancient, large characters for *Artifact Refining General Outline* on the Scroll entered Chu Mu’s eyes, his thoughtful expression vanished, his gaze becoming vacant.

A moment later, within his mind, next to the faint, illusory Long Saber and the *Great Sun Scripture* that resembled a blazing sun in the sky, a gray-white, ancient Scroll had appeared.

On the Scroll, the four characters for *Artifact Refining General Outline* were inscribed upon his Divine Soul, shining brightly.

And as this *Artifact Refining General Outline* appeared, another stream of information flooded into his Sea of Consciousness.

’I can stay for twenty days...’

Chu Mu was a little surprised. He looked around and saw that on the bare walls surrounding him, shelves had suddenly appeared one after another after that message arrived.

On the shelves, various Spiritual Materials were neatly arranged. According to the information in his mind, for the next twenty days, he could take and use any Spiritual Materials within his rank as an Artifact Refiner.

The assessment had rated his Artifact Refiner rank as Tier Two Lower Grade. This meant that for twenty days, he had an endless, inexhaustible supply of all Spiritual Materials from Tier One Lower Grade to Tier Two Lower Grade to use as he pleased!

As his thoughts raced, a fiery glint ignited in Chu Mu’s eyes.

His Divine Sense swept out, covering the nearby shelves. In just a few breaths, a large pile of Spiritual Materials from the shelves appeared before him.

He looked at the shelves and, just as he expected, the empty spots he’d left behind vanished in an instant, the materials reappearing out of thin air.

"Endless and inexhaustible" was no lie.

Although this space was an Illusory World, all the properties of the Spiritual Materials were clearly simulated.

Artifact Refining or Alchemy here was apparently no different from doing it in the real Cultivation Immortal Realm.

He pondered for a moment, then sat cross-legged and closed his eyes, slowly focusing his attention on the *Artifact Refining General Outline*.

The very first section was a prologue.

It stated that this *Artifact Refining General Outline* was personally compiled by the first Grand Elder of the Immortal Dao Sect’s Artifact Pavilion. It gathered all the various Artifact Refining Techniques collected by the Immortal Dao Sect and was divided into an upper and a lower volume.

Subsequent generations of Artifact Pavilion Grand Elders had successively supplemented and perfected the *Artifact Refining General Outline*, passing it down to the present day.

And what he had obtained was... the complete inheritance of the upper volume... of the *Artifact Refining General Outline*!

Chu Mu’s eyes flew open, unable to suppress his excitement.

He had originally thought that, being rated as a Tier Two Lower Grade Refiner, the inheritance he received would stop at Tier Two at most.

But now, what he had received was the complete inheritance of the *Artifact Refining General Outline*’s upper volume!

The inheritance made it perfectly clear: this *Artifact Refining General Outline* was compiled bit by bit by generations of Grand Elders from the Immortal Dao Sect’s Artifact Pavilion.

A vast Ancient Sect with an inheritance that had lasted for who knew how many years.

So immense, with such a profound foundation.

A copy of the *Artifact Refining General Outline* like this...

And it was an inheritance of Artifact Refining Skills from Tier One all the way to Tier Three...

Tier Three corresponded to... Golden Core True Masters, who could practically look down upon the entire Cultivation Immortal Realm!

Chu Mu tried hard to suppress his excitement, but with his heart pounding like this, it was impossible for him to calm down!

’Spiritual Radiance!’

He glanced at the accumulated Spiritual Radiance Value on the Light Curtain Panel and silently called out in his mind.

That mysterious and profound feeling descended. As his intellect and thoughts leaped to a higher level, his agitated heart calmed down with extreme speed.

With a thought, the upper volume of the *Artifact Refining General Outline* slowly began to unfurl.

He didn’t rush to study the Tier Two Artifact Refining Skill knowledge. Instead, he started from the Tier One inheritance, reviewing it bit by bit.

He was well aware that his piecemeal system of Artifact Refining Skills was bound to have many flaws and shortcomings.

But now, a complete inheritance was enough to make up for all the deficiencies in his Artifact Refining Skill.

He didn’t deliberate on it in excessive detail; he was unwilling to waste too much of these precious twenty days.

After spending about ten hours or so to quickly read through the knowledge system from Tier One Lower Grade to Tier Two Lower Grade in the *Artifact Refining General Outline*, the dormant Earth Fire once again ignited before him.

For an Artifact Refiner...

...the greatest dream was probably to possess an infinite amount of Spiritual Materials.

Among the Hundred Skills of Cultivation Immortal, for every skill, besides innate talent, the most important quality was likely a truth-seeking mindset.

Without a truth-seeking mindset to pursue and explore, one would forever be a mere imitator—all form and no substance, just an empty shell.

But obviously, seeking truth required not just the right mindset, but also a massive consumption of resources and the accumulation of a sufficient knowledge base.

And in the Cultivation Immortal Realm, unless one was born with a golden spoon, achieving these two things was clearly incredibly difficult.

But now, it seemed he had fulfilled both of these conditions.

A complete and comprehensive inheritance of the Artifact Refining Skill knowledge system.

An infinite supply of Spiritual Materials...

For twenty days, Chu Mu worked without sleep or rest!

He didn’t dare waste a single second!

The over 6,000 Spiritual Radiance Value on the Light Curtain Panel, plus the Spiritual Radiance Value accumulated over twenty days,

amounted to a total of more than 7,000 Spiritual Radiance Value, which was also completely consumed during these twenty days.

In exchange...

...he had used up almost all of the nearly one thousand types of Spiritual Materials in the entire room, from Tier One Lower Grade to Tier Two Lower Grade. Among them, he had taken two to three hundred of the rarer Spiritual Materials and experimented with them in all sorts of creative ways during refining.

He even squandered all the simulated Spiritual Materials from his Storage Talisman, such as the Red Flame Iron and the head of that two-headed giant snake.

On the final day, he even took out his Alchemy Furnace and, like a prodigal son, brought out all the rare Spirit Medicines he had painstakingly accumulated.

He used them up in every way imaginable, familiarizing himself with their medicinal properties and building a foundation in his Alchemy Skill.

’What a pity...’

When the twenty-day period came to an end, he could only leave a faint sigh in the Artifact Refining Room as the familiar wooden door appeared before his eyes once again.

He pushed the door, hoping against hope. Unsurprisingly, the door was... solid as a rock, not budging an inch.

’What a pity...’

Chu Mu couldn’t help but sigh again.

’After this, I’ll probably never have the chance to enter such a magical Illusory World again.’

As he felt a pang of melancholy, he seemed to sense something. His pupils shrank, and he whipped his head around to look at the ninety-nine steps extending downwards.

The footsteps were very light...

’Footsteps?’

Chu Mu tensed up, his eyes filled with vigilance.

As the footsteps drew closer, a splash of light green slowly came into Chu Mu’s view.

The newcomer was a young girl in a light green dress. She had already set foot on the steps, yet she hadn’t noticed his presence.

She had a guileless and innocent look, showing not a trace of vigilance as she curiously looked around.

It wasn’t until Chu Mu gave a light cough that the girl looked at him standing in front of the door. She was clearly surprised, and then a hint of curiosity appeared in her lively eyes.

"Are you a Cultivator from outside the Great Heng?"

Her crisp voice, like a silver bell, entered his ears, and for a moment, Chu Mu couldn’t quite process it.

’Great Heng?’

’Outside the Great Heng?’

’What does that mean?’

’Isn’t this Secret Realm located in the East Lake Waters of the Great Chu Cultivation Immortal World?’

’As far as I know, there isn’t a country named Great Heng anywhere near Great Chu...’

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